recycling

korea has a great recycling system.  as i was sorting through all of our recyclables i thought i'd tell you a little about it.  as compared to missouri (and perhaps other US states) the recycling system is broken down a bit more.  

outside of our apartment and other korean apartment/residence areas are large recycle receptacles for: hard plastics, soft plastics, cans, glass, paper products, used oil, food waste, and used clothing/fabrics.  

since we are not throwing any of the things listed above in our trash can, we rarely have "trash".  korea does not tax for trash/recycling services, instead, it requires you put any non recyclable trash in a specific trash bag issued through your district.  you have to purchase them at a local convenience store for about 4,000 won a piece.  we have only put out one trash bag (and these are still relatively small bags) since we've moved here in december.  we're still on our second trash bag and it is only 1/2 full.  

another interesting note about the recycle and waste services in korea is that it is collected once a day, rather than once a week.  

now, enough blogging, i need to go take out the recycling...